§ MR. A. ROCHETo ask the Postmaster General whether a subsistence allowance is given to established officers on temporary relief duty; and, if so, will he explain why this subsistence allowance has been withheld from three juniors clerks in the Cork Post Office who were appointed to the establishment whilst on relief duty.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) It is the case that an allowance for subsistence is given to established officers when sent out for temporary duty at places other than their headquarters. The three officers referred to by the hon. Member were learners at Cork when they accepted the offer of temporary employment elsewhere, and for such employment they were paid the usual inclusive wages of 25s. a week. In each case their appointment to the establishment was made after their return to Cork, but was allowed to bear an earlier date in consideration of their long service as learner.